COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONCask: Seasonal - Summer & Autumn. Also available bottle conditioned exclusively at the Co-op as Gold Miner. Winner of two awards in the 1998 beauty of hops awards, this beer was especially brewed to use the "first gold " variety of hops, it has been described (by the award judges) as "orange peel and apricot blossom blended together beautifully" we prefer to say that it is an incredibly hoppy golden beer well suited to all "hop heads" everywhere.Ingredients: Water from natural sources under the Royal Forest of Dean; Barley grown in the Cotswolds and malted by Warminster Maltings; First Gold whole hops grown in the "Three Counties"; Yeast.

Bottle from the Coop.
Appearance - golden with a thin head.
Nose - caramel, some lemon on the finish but dominated by sweet notes.
Taste - more of the same.
Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a finish that could really be a lot fresher.
Overall - when a beer is light bodied the least it should do is refresh but this doesn’t.

Bright amber with white head. Nice looking beer, poured well. Spicy, coriander seed notes in the aroma and flavour with a sweetish malt base, perhaps a little too challenging for a long beer. The hops last the distance with a few honeyish and green nuances but just couldn’t lose the overwhelming peppery notes.

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